GATHER, SAVOR, REPEAT TIPS FOR LAUNCHING YOUR OWN DINNER CLUB
Although the holiday season often enables us to reconnect with friends and loved ones in person, maintaining that spirit of tangible togetherness
be large enough for guests to connect with several friends or new people but small enough to ensure intimacy. Choosing Your Dinner Destination Determining the best settings for your dinner club gatherings is key to their success. For example, hosting them at members’ homes on a revolving basis (with the host or other members doing the cooking) would help the invitees avoid cramming into a noisy restaurant and having to shout at each other while seated at a long table. Matching Mood and Menu Coming up with interesting themes for each meal adds a thrill to the festivities. Maybe one of your members would like to give cooking a vegan meal a try. Perhaps another member would love to share an amazing recipe they picked up while vacationing in Mexico. The possibilities are endless! No matter how you structure your dinner club, the goal is to have fun and spend time with wonderful people. Bon appétit!
all year can often be a struggle. Sure, social media is fine for “likes,” but nothing beats sitting down with people whose company you enjoy. If you’re looking for a new way to stay connected with family members, friends from college, old work colleagues, or anyone else within a reasonable travel distance, starting a dinner club may be perfect! Conceptualizing Your Club There are no hard-and-fast rules to creating and maintaining a dinner club. You could start by giving your club a fancy name and deciding how often it should meet. From there, think about the people you want to invite. For example, maybe you know people who share a particular interest you also love (classic movies, model airplanes, etc.), or you
have a group of old friends you’d love to catch up with over a great meal. The trick is to be mindful of your club’s membership size. Ideally, it should
Risks, Abuse, and Remedies
A POWER OF ATTORNEY PRIMER
We receive many inquiries from clients regarding family estate disputes, but few questions are as common as those involving the potential misuse and abuse of power-of-attorney arrangements. I’d like to provide a brief overview for those unfamiliar with the benefits and possible pitfalls of these documents. Understanding the Essentials When you assign power of attorney to someone, you give them the right under the law to perform specific tasks and duties on your behalf. In these arrangements, you are known as the “principal,” and the assignee is known as the “agent” or the “attorney-in-fact.” The agent has a legal duty to perform their obligations honestly and to the best of their abilities. Sometimes, a “durable” power of attorney may be arranged to fulfill the principal’s wishes if the agent becomes incapacitated. Addressing Agreements Gone Awry Unfortunately, not all power of attorney situations run smoothly. We often receive calls from clients concerned that a family member’s agent has been abusing the agreement (such as draining the principal’s bank account). In rare cases, the Uniform Power of Attorney Act in Virginia grants certain family members or other parties access to information from the agent regarding how they’re overseeing and implementing the agreement. Naturally, the principal always retains the right to void the arrangement at any time and for whatever reason they choose. If a rogue agent refuses to provide the requested information to an entitled party, they can be removed by filing a complaint in circuit court. Certain time limits apply to both the information requests made to the agent
and their responses, so we advise that you seek legal counsel’s advice before pursuing a request or complaint. We at Mottley Law Firm are happy to assist you with any questions or concerns regarding power of attorney. Our website (MottleyLawFirm.com) features an Education Center and FAQs to better inform you of your rights in this and many other legal scenarios. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if we can be of service to you.
–Kevin Mottley
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